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  • PARSONS, Sir Anthony Derrick, GCMG LVO MC (1922-1996)

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    Diplomat. First Secretary, Turkey, 1955-59, Jordan, 1959-60, Egypt, 1960, Sudan, 1964-65; Political Agent, Bahrain, 1965-69; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, UK Mission to UN, 1969-71; Ambassador to Iran, 1974-79; UK Permanent Representative to UN, 1979-82; Foreign Policy Adviser to Prime Minister, 1982-83.

  • O’KEEFFE, (Peter) Laurence, CMG CVO (1931-2003)

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    Diplomat. HM Customs and Excise, 1953-62; 2nd, later 1st Secretary (Economic), Bangkok, 1962-5; FO, 1965-8; 1st Secretary and Head of Chancery, Athens, 1968-72; Commercial Counsellor, Jakarta, 1972-5; Head of Hong Kong and Indian Ocean Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1975-6; Director-General, British Information Services, and Deputy Consul General (Information), New York, 1976-8; Counsellor, Nicosia, 1978-81;…

  • NIXON, Patrick Michael, CMG OBE (b. 1944)

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    Joined HM Diplomatic Service, 1965; MECAS, Lebanon, 1966; Cairo, 1968; Lima, 1970; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1973; Tripoli, Libya, 1977; British Information Services, New York, 1980; Assistant, later Head, Near East and North Africa Department, FCO, 1983; Ambassador and Consul-General at Doha, Qatar, 1987–90; Counsellor, FCO, 1990–93; High Commissioner to Zambia, 1994–97; Director, FCO, 1997–98;…

  • MILES, (Richard) Oliver, CMG (1936-2019)

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    Diplomat. Entered Diplomatic Service, 1960; served in Abu Dhabi, Amman, Aden, Mukalla, Nicosia, Jedda; Counsellor, Athens, 1977-80; Head of Near East and North Africa Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1980-83; Ambassador to: Libya, 1984; Luxembourg, 1985-88; Under-Secretary on loan to Home Civil Service, Belfast, 1988-90; Assistant Under-Secretary of State (Economic), FCO, 1990-91; Director General of…

  • MILES, (Frank) Stephen, CMG (1920-2013)

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    Diplomat. Fleet Air Arm, 1942-46 (Lt (A) RNVR); Scottish Home Department, 1948; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1948-80. Miles served in: New Zealand, 1949-52; East and West Pakistan, 1954-57; Ghana, 1959-62; Uganda, 1962-63; British Deputy High Commissioner, Tanzania, 1963-65 (Acting High Commissioner, 1963-64); Acting High Commissioner in Ghana, March-April 1966; Consul-General, St Louis [United States], 1967-70;…

  • MELLON, Sir James, KCMG (b. 1929)

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    Diplomat. Department of Agriculture for Scotland, 1953-60; Agricultural Attaché, Copenhagen and The Hague, 1960-63; Foreign Office, 1963-64; Head of Chancery, Dakar, 1964-66; UK Delegation to European Communities, 1967-72; Counsellor, 1970; Head of Science and Technology Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1973-75; Commercial Counsellor, East Berlin, 1975-76; Head of Trade Relations and Export Department, FCO, 1976-78;…

  • McBAIN, (David) Malcolm, LVO (1928-2022)

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    Diplomat. Ministry of Civil Aviation appointments in Tripoli, Libya, 1949-51, New Delhi, 1953-54; Diplomatic Service: New Delhi, 1958-61; Kenya, 1963-67; Thailand, 1968-75; Brunei, 1978-81; Texas, 1981-84; Ambassador to Madagascar, 1984-87.Interviewed 2000. Also includes a chapter from Malcolm McBain’s memoirs relating to his time as Ambassador to Madagascar.

  • MARGETSON, Sir John William Denys, KCMG (1927-2020)

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    Lieutenant, Life Guards, 1947-49. Colonial Service, District Officer, Tanganyika, 1951-60 (Private Secretary to Governor, Sir Edward Twining, 1956-57); entered Foreign Service, 1960; The Hague, 1962-64; speech writer to Foreign Secretary, George Brown, 1966-68; Head of Chancery, Saigon, 1968-70; Counsellor 1971, seconded to Cabinet Secretariat, 1971-74; Head of Chancery, UK Delegation to NATO, 1974-78; Ambassador to…

  • MAITLAND, Sir Donald James Dundas, GCMG OBE (1922-2010)

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    Diplomat. Director, Middle East Centre for Arab Studies, Lebanon, 1956-60; Counsellor, Egypt, 1963-5; Head of News Department, 1965; Ambassador to Libya, 1969-70; Press Secretary, Prime Minister’s Private Office, 1970-3; UK Permanent Representative, United Nations, 1973-4; Ambassador to EEC, 1975-9; Permanent Under-Secretary, Department of Energy, 1980-2.Interviewed 1997.

  • MACGREGOR, Dame Judith, DCMG LVO (b. 1952)

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    Entered Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1976; Belgrade, 1978-81; FCO, 1981-86; Prague, 1989; Paris, 1992-93; Deputy Head, Western European Department, FCO, 1993-95; Counsellor and Head of Security Strategy, FCO, 2001-03; FCO Chair, Civil Service Selection Board, 2003-04; Ambassador to Slovakia, 2004-07; Director for Migration, FCO, 2007-09; Ambassador to Mexico, 2009-13; High Commissioner to South Africa, 2013-17,…